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Amateur Radio in the Media

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Amateur Radio in the Media

Hayden VK7HH on ABC Local Radio

Hayden talked for a whopping 18m with Helen Shields on ABC Local Radio on the evening of Thursday 11 April 2024.

Hayden talked about how amateur radio is flourishing and how he got into amateur radio.

The presenter Helen Shields was surprised that Hayden was so young and interested in an “old persons” hobby!

Hayden covered his very popular YouTube Channel along with some of the interesting aspects like EME and SOTA.

A great promotional piece for the hobby.

 

2024 REAST Life Members

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Annual General / Special General Meetings / New Life Members

The Annual General Meeting of REAST was held last Sunday with Silent Keys being remembered, reports being received and the election of the 2024 office bearers:

President – Hayden VK7HH, Vice-President – Sean VK7WTF, Secretary/Public Officer – Lance VK7ZA, Treasurer – David VK7DMG, Committee members – Richard VK7ZBX and Justin VK7TW.

Ex-officio office holders were also confirmed and they can be found on REAST website on the link in the email edition of this broadcast.

https://www.reast.asn.au/about/committee/

We then moved to a celebration of two long-term REAST members who became Life Members. We heard about the life and contributions of Herman Westerhof VK7HW and Mike Jenner VK7FB and beautiful myrtle-wood life member plaques were presented to each person.

LifeMembers2024 Herman VK7HW and Mike VK7FB

L2R: Mike Jenner VK7FB, President Hayden Honeywood VK7HH, Herman Westerhof VK7HW

A huge thank you to everyone who contributed and contributes to the life of the club. 

73, REAST Committee

REAST Returns to the Clubrooms

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Members were greeted to a friendly message on the whiteboard thanks to Paul VK7FPCL – our wonderful Clubroom’s Officer who has been ensuring that everything is wiped down between meetings and keeping us COVID -safe with supplies. A huge thank you to Paul.

Last Wednesday night was a joint welcome back to the club rooms and Presentation Night on the ICOM IC9700 Experiences and Learnings. We had about 20 people along to the presentation in person and had over 20 on the streaming channel. It was a group effort with input from Rex VK7MO, Richard VK7ZBX, Hayden VK7HH, Alan VK7KAJ and Larry VK7WLH all of whom have IC-9700s. 

A video of the presentation is available to the REAST Youtube channel – https://youtu.be/nYM5kgTF4SA.

Rex started with an outline of the IC-9700 functionality and comparison with the IC-910H. This led to whether you could effectively operate the rig out of the box. Some impressions where shared, the question of frequency stability was explored and the various GPS Locking options were explored with Rex, Alan and Hayden. Then Rex continued with 23cm operation, Digital/EME operation and Linear/Transverter operation.

Richard then took the audience through a comprehensive outline of using the IC-9700 for satellite operation including a recording taken of a contact with VK4MIR.

The presentation then moved to key configuration items that can be/need to be tweaked to improve including – Rex outlined the HM-36 Mic Mod and Hayden did a promo for his digital modes setup and firmware update videos.

https://youtu.be/rhu6fRz6Z3g

https://youtu.be/crYCBeu1yR4

Hayden then took the audience through the Remote Operating Software from ICOM – RA-BA1.

https://youtu.be/Mkhekwg0UE4

Larry finished up with a description of the WIN4ICOM software which also has remote control capability.

We then took questions from the audience and stream and retired to enjoy the clubrooms again!

Thanks to Rex VK7MO, Hayden VK7HH, Alan VK7KAJ, Richard VK7ZBX and Larry VK7WLH.

A great return to the clubrooms.

73, Justin VK7TW on behalf of the REAST Committee